The national payment card system includes all forms of interaction of the financial system’s elements, related to the transfer of money from the payer to the recipient. On 1 April 2015 NSPK’s Operations Payment and Clearing Centre started its work in order to ensure processing of major international payment systems’ card transactions.

NSPK’s activity is regulated by the Russian Federation Federal Law No. 161 “On the National Payment System”. 100 per cent NSPK’s shares belong to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia).

NSPK’s objectives are to ensure uninterrupted processing of transactions made with the international payment systems’ cards on the territory of Russia and to establish and develop the national payment system.